“Every Minnesotan deserves dignity and equal treatment under the law, and our state’s same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as anyone else — period....This amendment would do nothing more than write discrimination into our state’s constitution and add to the barriers same-sex couples already face to the full recognition of their families. I’m hopeful that common sense and compassion will prevail and that this amendment will be defeated."
-- Senator Al Franken tell The Advocate in a presser slamming the Minnesota state legislature for allowing a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage on the 2012 ballot.
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